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Before 2003, the Zabbaleen a community of Coptic Christians collected rubbish from the residents of cairo and sorted through their trash to reuse and recycle 80-90 percent of it. An incredible amount of waste recycling. Since the privatization of waste management their livelihoods have been threatened. They say when u walk down the streets of Mokattam you see rows and rows of rooms with mountain piles of rubbish while men, women and children are kneeling, crouching and sorting through it to be resold. 

Garbage dreams - a feature film documentary featuring the lives of 2 boys struggling to make a living in the city. Already nominated at the Academy awards this film has also won numerous film awards. 

(via wemakemoneynotart)